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Remembering Clarence B. Jones, MLK adviser who helped write 'I Have a Dream' speech

Clarence B. Jones, a lawyer and adviser to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died last week. Jones helped King write his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. He was 95.

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Boston-area Haitians waiting for price drop as World Cup game nears

The Haitian community in Massachusetts is excited about the country participating in a World Cup for the first time since 1974. But pricey tickets and restrictive immigration policies are deterrents.

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As Trump embraces a gas tax holiday, there's a much bigger problem

President Trump's calls for a gas tax holiday raise a bigger issue: The gas tax is no longer covering the cost of the nation's highways anyway, and the problem will only get worse.

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Knicks superfan Spike Lee says his team will definitely win the Championship

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with filmmaker Spike Lee about his excitement that his favorite basketball team, the New York Knicks, making it to the NBA finals.

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Black homeowners in St. Louis are still awaiting aid a year after destructive tornado

Decades of disinvestment in a predominantly Black St. Louis neighborhood left the community especially vulnerable to last year's devastating tornadoes. Now, some worry homeownership rates will drop.

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FBI trains local and state police on how to stop growing threat of drones

The upcoming FIFA World Cup is prompting the FBI to ramp up training for law enforcement on how to stop a growing threat: malicious drones in U.S. skies.

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A Union fort in Tennessee will honor the history of Black laborers who built it

The history of a union fort in Tennessee is getting an update to include the story of the Black laborers who built it.

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The U.S. government wants to treat any Americans with Ebola outside of the U.S.

The U.S. plans to try to keep Ebola out by keeping citizens who were potentially exposed in Kenya. This has some in Kenya frustrated and others worried it will deter aid workers from helping.

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NAACP calls for sports boycott in states where voting rights are threatened

NPR's Juana Summers talks with NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson about his organization's Out of Bounds campaign that draws a connection between Black student athletes and voting rights.

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U.S. and Iran trade strikes. How will this affect deal to end war?

Do new strikes affect a potential deal to end the war with Iran? NPR's Scott Detrow breaks it down with NPR International Correspondent Aya Batrawy and NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman.

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